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LAND 07 WOMEN AND WAR.
Men Once Almost Wiped Out in
Turbulent Paraguay.
A country whose male population
was almost wiped out oi existence,
but which haw "couie
back" successfully; where women
outnumber men several times
over; where cattle graze the
year round under palm trees, and
where bearded cowboys wear
bloomers?such is the Paraguay
of today pictured in a bulletin
by the Rational Geographic sonlvtv
wliinli wus isancrt fill I (twill (7
news dispatches stating that a
revolution had broken out iu the
litlte South American republic.
"Paraguay, which has refused
the offered mediation of foreign
diplomats and has announced
that its army will take care oi
the country's latest revolution
with rifles and cannon, is living
up to the military traditions
which have given it the most
trpgic history of all the countries
of the Americas," says the bulletin.
"Next to the smallest republic
in South America, with an
area only about as large as that
of the State of Wyoming, Paraguay
in 1865 .had a population
comparable to that of extensive
Argentina aud huge Brazil, and
uuder its military dictator, Fran
flBlU IJUpt'L, U1U IIIUrtL J)U?CUU1
army in South America. Lopez
believed himself destined to be
the Napoleon of the Western
Hemisphere and in 1865 led the
army of his little country against
the combined forces of llrazil,
Argentina and Uruguay.
"The five year conflict was so
bloody and the Paraguayans were
defeated-so signally that between
two-thirds and five-sixths of the
population perished. Of u population
that may have passed the
million mark, only about 1200,000
women und less than 30,000 men,
mostly old nien and young tvoys,
were loft. The losses were heavier,
probably, than those suffered
by auy othe^ nation in modern
times. Even today Paraguay is
largely a land of women.
"Paraguay's history has been
filled with conflicts, violence and
unusual situations from the first.
To begin with, there has been a
slighter admixture of Europeau
blood than in any other South
American country, und the fire
of the old Indian blood hus been
preserved. A little band of Spaniards
sailed up the Plata and Paraguay
rivers hi 1536 and in the
heart of South Ameriea founded
a settlement. They took Indian
wives and they and their descendants
became the ruling power in
the laud, eventually establishing
great haciendas on which the Indians
worked.
"Missionaries who went to the
region in 1609 brought the Indi-ana
together into settlements oi'
their own and taught them to
carry on agriculture for themselves.
Thia was resented by the
half-breeds and the situation "was
further complicated by the arrival
of other missionaries who detroyed
the early settlements. The
first comers armed the Indians,
expelled the Spanish governor
and the later urrivals, and wrote
the second unusual chapter in
Paraguay's history. For more
than 100 years they conducted a
sort of 'church state.' Later,
Spanish governors who cruelly
% oppressed the people came back
into power.
''After Paraguay became independent
of Spain in 1810 the
country entered upon a period of
diatatorshinfi and became the her
mtl nation of the West. Trade
Jgfth outside countries and the
presence of foreigners wus strictly
prohibited and the country
came to be entirely a self reliant
unit. A sort of communism was
k in. existence for mauy years" a
E portion of the land being worked
fair the state, the proceeds being
^*^aed for the benefit of the peo/
^Paraguay is a sort of inland
Florida of fertile soil, equable climjke,
and an abundance of-fruit
af food products. On its rich
gam lands vast herds of cattle
Mm the year round under palm
trim tended- by oowboya who
loose, baggy bloomers. Re
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THE ASSURED HARVEST?Be not
deceived; God la not mocked: for whatsoever
a man soweth, that shall he also
reap.?Qalatiana 6:7.
AN UNLIMITED SUPPLY?If ye abide
in me. and my words abide In you, ye
ahull ask what ye will, and It shall be
done unto you.?John 16:7.
THE GOLDEN RULE ? Whatsoever
/c nuuiu uiai men gnuuiu ug 10 you. uu
ye even ?o to them: for that la the law
and the prophets.?Mutt. 7:12.
ETKHNAL PROTECTION ? The Lord
hall preserve thy going out and thy
coming in from this time forth, and
even forevermore.?Psalm 121:8. *
BIN SEPARATES r- Vour tnlQUitie*
have separated between you and your
God, and your sins have hid his face
from you, that he will not hear.?Isaiah
69:1.
MAKING A* TARIFF LAW.
For several weeks the senute of
the United States has been struggling
with the tariff bill reported
for the Republicans by Senator
MeCumber, and it looks as if
the body will bt^ struggling with
it for many weeks toeoine. There
is no other issue on which senators,
or, for that matter, all men
interested in national politics, divide
so sharply 011 party lines as
they do 011 the tariff. Consequently,
whenever either party
undertakes to overthrow the tariff
law that the other party framed
every inch of ground is contested.
The controversy in the senate is
ulinost interuiiuable. The house,
with its convenient rules for cutting
off debate, always makes
short work of the tariff bill.
When the ways and means committee,
which prepares the measure,
reports it to the house it pre
seats a bill in the drafting of
which only members of the majority
party have taken purt. It
is purely a party measure. When
it ia introduced u special rule is
proposed and adopted that limits
general debute to a cbrtain number
of duys or hours and forbids
the offering of any amendment.
Therefore the bill, supported by
the majority, is passed exactly as
reported pud goes to the senate;
but there it is examined as with
a microscope. To illustrate the
difference the Dingley act of 1897
was only ten days in getting
through the house but 4^ days in
getting through the senate.
The bill now pending in the
senate has been discussed more
systematically than any previous
bijl for, although long deabtes
always take place on some items,
the present bill was attacked iu
the very first item, and the fight
has continued on most of the
items that come after it. At the
present rate it will be months before
the senate will reach the
last of the many thousands of
items in the bill.
The Republicans say that the
Democrats are filibustering. The
Democrats deny it. Both parties
have shown thorough knowledge
of the use aud supply of the articles
they have discussed, and
what it cost to produce them.
But however closely the disputants
may agree on the facts, it
does not bring them any nearer
together, for the Republicans are
bent 011 making a protective tariff
and the Democrats favor lower
duties und larger importations,
holding that protective duties ere.
ate domestic monopilies.
In. the fight they are making
011 the bill the Democrats assume
that in the end the law will be
unpopular?there is much evidenc
ethat it will be?and they
therefore hope that it will be enacted
not long before the November
elections.
Sixty-odd members of the loeal
National Guard company marched
to the county river bridge, two
miles from town, Tuesday morning
and spent the day drilling in
that vicinity. The day's drill is
equivalent to three regular weekly
drills.
guay by North American interests.
"The Paraguay river has a
greater flow than the Mississippi,
and Asuncion, the capital of Paraguay,
though nearly r thousand
miles from the tea, is a busy port
?f trade with the ootaida world."
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NEWS OF YOU COUNTY.
Items of General Interest Fott|id
in the Yorkville Enquirer.
At the meeting of the South
Carolina Bankers' association in
Asheville, N. C., last week, Col
Chas. L. Cobb, vice president and
cashier of the Peoples National
bank of Rock Hill, wob elected
president of the State association.
John E. Carrbll, superintendent
of education of York county,
is teaching in the summer school
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ior leacners ai rurraan university,
Qreenviile. While he is
away the superintendent's office
is in charge of his son, Mr. Milus
Carroll. Mr. Carroll is teaching
practical mathematics in the summer
school.
Friends of Dr. W. G. Stevens,
well known citizen of Rock Hill,
have been insisting of late that
he enter the race for supervisor
of York county. He said the other
day, however, that he had no
intention of entering the race
und that he had no ambition to
be director of road construction
tor the county.
Members of the Rock Hill Merchants'
association are fairly well
pleased with the results obtained
from the big sale put on by members
of the association last Wednesday.
They were somewhat
disappointed, however, because of
the iaet that the number of country
people in town to take advantage
of the bargains offered
was not as large as had been expected.
At the present time there are
14 prisoners in the York county
jail awaiting trial at the July
term of the court of general sessions,
which convenes on Monday,
July 10. A special judge will
very likely be appointed by Gov
ernor Harvey to preside at this
term, due to the death of Judge
Ernest Moore of the Sixth circuit
who would have presided bad he
been living-and m good health. ?
John S. Rainey, well known
farmer and business man of Sharon,
paid $6 for 600 boll weevils
last week and he proposes to CQntinue
to offer to pay his hands a
cent each for the weevils out of
his fields for some time to come.
Those who took the job of picking
weevils at a cent each last
week didn't get such a bad bargain
after allt because they were
not hard to fipd. However, Mr.
Kainey figures that it is well
worth 1 cent each to him for
weevils now.
School teachers from all sections
of South Carolina reached
Hock Hill Sunday and Monday
for the annual summer school at
Winthrop college. Winthrop college
authorities report more than
1,800 applications for admission
to the summer school this year.
The dormitories at Winthrop,
however, can accommodate only
1,200 and only about 200 or more
can be taken care of by people in
the city who have rooms to rent,
'lhe summer school will be in session
about six weeks.
A letter from a wealthy friend
in another city inquiring about
certain gold mining properties
in York cqunty, reminds us that
there has been very little doing
along mining or prospecting lines
in this section since about the
beginning of the World war.
There was some mining activity
going mi in the county about the
time the war broke out, but it
was not long until it was suspended;
' That there is gold in
York county, and plenty of it, in
the testimony of all the experts
and near experts, interested or
disinterested,who have ever made
investigations.
The Hampshire mills of Clover,
to be erected in that town by a
number of Eastern capitalists,
most of whom are" stockholders in
the Hawthorn Spinning mills of
Clover, will occupy a site just
north of the Hawthorn mills^ it
was stated a day or two ago. -John.
R? Hart, attorney for the mills,,
went ty Columbia Monday for
the purpose of securing a charter
for the new manufacturing
enterprise, which is capitalised at
1 million dollars. The plant, i
which will very likely be of eon*
crete and steel construction, will t
be a three story building.
I -The modern rule seems to bel
[to do others before thpy do
; CAMPAIGN OPENS.
Candidate* for State Offices Talk
in Cohunbia.
Candidates for State offices
opened the county to county campaign
in Columbia Tuesday.
Tbose offering for governor were
Uaak.I t;.?t D-. fl\M? 1
iivmu nisi. DCIWI'CU OUV illlU
700 voters were ill attendance at
times. There was little entliusiastn
and the meeting was devoid
of personalities.
Oloe L. Blease was the first of
the candidates for governor to
spfeak. Mr. Blease said that he
expects to be governor of all the
people if elected, differences
which have divided the pepple
heretofore will be forgotten. He
said he would make no appeal to
factionalism and no attempt is to
be made to array class against
cli^ss. "1 shall not engage in
personalities,'* he said, "unless
suCh a policy is forced upon me
by? some candidate of standing in
the race. Neither do 1 propose to
rnjike any reference to factionalism
unless the issue of factionalism
is dragged in by other peo-,
pit" .
He would abolish all useless
offices and commissions in an effort
to relieve the tax burden,
specifying particularly the State
taf commission. He would also
cu* down the clerical forces 111
the departments. The tax commission,
he said is "absolutely
unnecessary. The proper place
for the commission is with the
comptroller general and he should
not only be required but made
to perform the woirk.
Among other things advocated
by the former governor was a
purchasing board for State institutions,
a water power tax, biennial
sessions of the Ueneral Assembly
and a 1 mill tax levy for
free schools.
He advised all women to put
their names on the club rolls.
frbhlTT. Dtihctfrr\vlis the second
candidate for governor to
speak. He made about the same
spech he hus been making for
several years.
Senator George K. Laney of
Chesterfield said he was making
the race for governor as the candidate
of no clique.' "1 am a
free lance in this race just as I
have been a free lance for 20
years in the two houses of the
Ueneral Assembly. 1 am tied to
no man or woman," he said.
Senator Laney stressed with
emphasis measures looking to relief
in taxation and the enforcement
of law. The condition of
the people, he said, was not incident
to the Legislature. No
thiuking man would blame the
Legislature for the financial
straits in which the people find
themselves, lie praised the work
of the last General Assembly,
pointing to a number of laws it
passed in an effort to distribute
the burden of taxation. He directed
attention to the fact that
the larger amounts in the appropriation
bill are for the schools,
the State hospital and for Confederate
pensions, and asked if
any one in the audience would
cut these amounts. No one answered
in the affirmative.
Thomas G. MoLeod of Bishopville
followed Senator Laney and
gave his attention largely to law
enforcement and the question of
taxes, saying that he regarded
law enforcement as the supreme
issue of the campaign. If Mr.
McLeod had a plan to reduce the
tax burden he did not take the
audience into his confidence. He
objected to smaller appropriation
for MlildAtiniiMl niii?r?A)u?i
the State hospital and for Confederate
pensions.
Williau Coleman of Union was
the last candidate for governor
to speak. He was followed by
candidates for lieutenant governor
and other State offices.
Mrs. Drake, candidate for superintendent
of education', was
warmly applauded as she came
forward to make het^ speech. She
is reported to have made a good
speech and promises to make
the sledding tough for John E.
Swearingen, irho is seeking reelection
to the office after having
quit the race for governor.
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If you make it a rule to pay as
you go, you will stay, at home
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ILjL.? questions ?"1[
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Which 18 man's best asset?? Frov. 22:1.
What is the sad end of those who Have
only earthly riches when they coine to
die??Luke 16:19-25.
Which Is the Eighth Commandment??
Exodus 20:16.
Why Is love the fulfillment of the
law??Romans 13:8-10.
Is there a day of reckoning coining??
Hebrews 9:27.
Which Is the Ninth Commandment??
Exodus 20:18.
What rules did th? Apostle Paul give
for right living??Colossluns 3:12-17What
Is the value of godliness with
contentment??1 Timothy 6:6-8Which
Is the Tenth Commandment
Kxodus 20:17.
What encouragement did the Lord give
Asa at the mouth of Azarlah the prophet??2
Chron. 15:1-7. *
BOUND FOB NORTH POLE.
The auxiliary schouer -Maud,
bearing the Amundsen polar basin
scientific expedition, is plowing
its way from Seattle, Wash,
to Nome Alasku, on the frist leg
of a five year voyage through tile
Arctic ice packs. Amundsen expects
to bourd the schooner at
Nome.
The'expedition is a resumption
of the effort begun by Amundsen
in 1918, under auspices of the
Norwegian government, to drift
past the North pole with the ice
floes, minutely studying the phenomena
of a vast area never before
visited by white men, and to
secure data which the explorer
expects may revolutionize present
day knowledge of this unexplored
section of the globe.
Amundsen's first effort met
with delay in 1920 when the
Maud lost a propeller in the ice
off the northeastern Siberian
coast and was forced to put into
Seattle for repairs. Reeenly the
vessel has undergone complete
overhauling and additional equipment,
including two airplanes, a
long range wireless outfit and
many precise scientific instruments,
has been added to the complement.
. The
expedition, Amundsen has
declared, is primarily a scientific
one, and while he hopes to reach
the North pole?he discovered
the South pole in 1911?the study
of ocean and magnetic currents,
the drift of the ice pack, and
movements of the air will be his
first objective.
Special investigation will be
made to determine whether land
exists in the neighborhood of the
North pole, as some scientists
maintain. Much attention will be
given to the ocean itself and
through holes bored in the ice,
the depth of the water, direction
and strength of the currents will
be measured.
Two airplanes, one capable of
carrying nine passengers and the
other a three-seater, and the
wireless outfit are held by the explorer
to be the most important
items of the vessel's equipment.
With the planes Aiuuudsen will
make an extensive exploration of
the huge area of almost a million
square iniles covering the "roof
of the world."
By meant* of the wireless equipment
he expects to keep iq. 4ouch
with the world and perhap* to
flash the message that, following
Peary, he has reached the North
pole. Four times daily he will
send wireless messages to Washington,
giving meteorological
data expected to aid measurably
i?: forecasting weather conditions
throughout the globe. .
Amundsen is skeptical of the
theory that ait explorer can 4'live
on the country" in that part of
the world, and the Maud has
been stocked with provisions to
last seven years. Sixty tons of
fuel oil ha^e been taken aboard.
"Husky "'dogs, to be used in
sledge work after the vessel is
frosen into the ice, will join the
vessel at Nome. The Maud will
be sailed into the ice fields of the
north, permitted to freeze up in
one of these packs, then drift
with it at the will of the Arctic
currents.
There was a fire in the United
States treasury the other day. but
there will be no .bargain sale of
i damaged money.
SHORT NEWS STORIES.
Items of Interest From Various
Sections of Country.
With u record of being present
at every session of school for 18
years and never being tardy,
Norman J. Young, 17 years old,
of ilurlington. Iowa, has just been
graduated from the high school.
A stove that cooks by the heat
of the sun. hiim??R?*?il " ?*???.? ??
and a tank of mineral oil, will be
further improved by an employe^
of the Smithsonian institute, at
Washington, when he goes to
Mount Wilson, Cal., this summer.
Broken iu health from the
strain of two years' work in the
divorce courts, Judge Joseph Sa- ,
4>ath of Chicago recently eollapa- *
ed. Judge Sabath has heard more
than 6,500 divorce cases in the
last two years.
Beaten by a mob of 1200 angry
shop girls because he blew the
whistle an hour earlier in the
morning to play a joke on them,
a Brooklyn, N. Y., man was readied
by two policeman and locked
up 011 charges of malicious mis.
chief.
The smallest dictionary in the
world, half an inch long, onethird
of an inch wide, and half
an inch thick, is owned by an
Ottawa man, who carried it all
through the world war. The dictionary
contains 11,000 words and
must be read with a magnifying
glass.
About one-half of each dollar
the consumer pays for bread is
absorbed in distribution cost, according
to a report by the joint
commission 011 agriculture, at
Washington. The farmer receives
only 29.6 cents for the wheat that
goes^ into a dollars' worth of .
oread.
An attempt to kill his own
shadow by shooting at it when it
appeared against a chimney un
der the light of the moon, caused
the capture of Patrick Lynch of
New York after he had stolen
clothing and jewels worth $1,000
from a home. He was captured by
an officer who heurd the shot.
Fifty-Jinx warrants charging
violation of the narcotic law have
been issued in connection' with an
investigation of un alleged dope
ring in the Atlunta penitentiary.
A prison physician, three prison
guards und scores of convicts aie
implicated?in the uffuir, the district
attorney charges.
A *tree that is unusual may
be seen on a farm near Onuncock,
Del. The tree was one of several
purchased from a nursery and
"was bought for an apple tree. In
appearunce it is an apple tree.
Last y<?r it bore three fine ap-pies,
'rtiis year the tree is filled
with cherries and not a sign of an
apple. '
The radio threatens to supplant
the rural preaehers in Ohio. Rec*
ommcndatiouH that churches in
rural communities instull radio
receiving sets and listen weekly
to sprmons from ministers of national
reputation were approved
by the Ohio Church Federation,
in session in Columbus, Ohio.
Recent deveolpiuents are pointing
to an early settlement of the
coal strike in the United State-.
The administration is Washington
is said to be planning to make
a decisive move in a short time to
bring about a renewal of activity
on the part of the coal miners of
the nation, according to hints
dropped by certain senators close
to The White House,
Leaping to earth in a parachute
from an airplane 24,200
feet in the air, Cupt. A. W. Stevens
of McCook field, near l)aytoii,
Ohio, broke the world record
for parachute jumping. The drop
wan ,Capt. Stevens' first experience
in that phase of aerial work,
llis plane was whipped about by
a 120 mile gale while it was more
than four mites above-th-i earth.
The ink supply of a large newspaper
or printing plant is a constant
problem. Some years ago
ink was delivered in metal buckets,
then larger consumption required
it by the barrel. But nowadays
in New York, Chicago and
other large'cities newspapers and
printing establishments receive
their supplies from huge tank
tracks that force their contents
into the storage tanks of tha
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